First Seacoast Bancorp (FSEA) Competitors

Bakkt (NYSE:BKKT) and First Seacoast Bancorp (NASDAQ:FSEA) are both small-cap business services companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their risk, analyst recommendations, community ranking, dividends, valuation, profitability, earnings, institutional ownership and media sentiment.

Is BKKT or FSEA more profitable?

Bakkt has a net margin of -3.85% compared to First Seacoast Bancorp's net margin of -42.33%. First Seacoast Bancorp's return on equity of -14.79% beat Bakkt's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Bakkt	-3.85%	-47.29%	-5.92%
First Seacoast Bancorp	-42.33%	-14.79%	-1.69%

Do analysts prefer BKKT or FSEA?

Bakkt currently has a consensus price target of $13.13, suggesting a potential upside of 39.63%. Given Bakkt's higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe Bakkt is more favorable than First Seacoast Bancorp.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Bakkt	1 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00
First Seacoast Bancorp	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A

Which has more risk and volatility, BKKT or FSEA?

Bakkt has a beta of 4.71, indicating that its share price is 371% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, First Seacoast Bancorp has a beta of 0.45, indicating that its share price is 55% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media prefer BKKT or FSEA?

In the previous week, Bakkt had 1 more articles in the media than First Seacoast Bancorp. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Bakkt and 0 mentions for First Seacoast Bancorp. Bakkt's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled First Seacoast Bancorp'saverage media sentiment score.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Bakkt	Neutral
First Seacoast Bancorp	Neutral

Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership in BKKT or FSEA?

11.1% of Bakkt shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 38.4% of First Seacoast Bancorp shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.8% of Bakkt shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 4.7% of First Seacoast Bancorp shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor BKKT or FSEA?

Bakkt and First Seacoast Bancorp both received 8 outperform votes by MarketBeat users. However, 40.00% of users gave Bakkt an outperform vote while only 38.10% of users gave First Seacoast Bancorp an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Bakkt	Outperform Votes 8 40.00%	Underperform Votes 12 60.00%
First Seacoast Bancorp	Outperform Votes 8 38.10%	Underperform Votes 13 61.90%

Which has higher valuation and earnings, BKKT or FSEA?

First Seacoast Bancorp has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Bakkt. First Seacoast Bancorp is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Bakkt, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Bakkt	$780.10M	0.16	-$74.85M	-$16.53	-0.57
First Seacoast Bancorp	$8.25M	5.30	-$10.66M	-$2.10	-4.36

Summary

Bakkt beats First Seacoast Bancorp on 8 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.